"I can't speak for production, but I really like that people see us when we're traveling around the world. If you're a fan of the show, ... you're going to be more excited because you want to see what happens." --Phil Keoghan

I think its a prime time to visit New Zealand, especially with it being "olympic year" and New Zealand having lots of sports types(like the bridge fall in southern nz) and with the tweet, Philippines can be visited to, maybe TAR5 esque route?

My Predicitons: 1. A reverse season 13 route. (North America-Europe-Asia-Oceania-South America-North America)2. Australia wont be visited, but 2 legs will be spent in New Zealand.3. No legs in South Asia.4. Patagonia

Those are all my predicitions. I would be surprised if this came true at all.

I agree with Kandace, New Zealand is most likely and it will be the second visit to Oceania for the first leg after Unfinished Business (where returning teams traveled from U.S. to Australia), that will make three Oceania legs and it will be the first since 20 seasons ago.

Then, it will be Asia and the Philippines leg would be planned as possible, seen from Phil's tweet in the previous page.

Again, spec based on something is fine. If it is just something you WANT to see, it is a wishlist and should go into that thread please.

And we had Spain THIS season....

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"I can't speak for production, but I really like that people see us when we're traveling around the world. If you're a fan of the show, ... you're going to be more excited because you want to see what happens." --Phil Keoghan

I'm think we might see somewhere around the area of Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Slovakia, and Hungary, all of which hasn't been visited in Post All-Stars. I think we could also see Laos, Vietnam, the Philippines, as well as Oceania (Which is due for a visit).

South Asia has been completely skipped in the following seasons:23911151619Maybe we're due for no South Asia this season?However Sri Lanka has been named the top destination to visit in 2013 so I wouldn't be surprised if they go there.

Africa is always unpredictable - we weren't expecting it in TAR20

Latin America/Brazil is hard to say. I think would either be the opening legs or the penultimate legs. The seasons that went to South America first generally spent a bit more time there (as in more than one leg). That happened in seasons:257911131620We definitely could be due for South America, but I think Europe deserves a shot at Leg 1 again.

South Asia has been completely skipped in the following seasons:23911151619Maybe we're due for no South Asia this season?However Sri Lanka has been named the top destination to visit in 2013 so I wouldn't be surprised if they go there.

Africa is always unpredictable - we weren't expecting it in TAR20

Latin America/Brazil is hard to say. I think would either be the opening legs or the penultimate legs. The seasons that went to South America first generally spent a bit more time there (as in more than one leg). That happened in seasons:257911131620We definitely could be due for South America, but I think Europe deserves a shot at Leg 1 again.

I’m going to rule out Central America now. It would make a great penultimate leg but I just don’t see them going there.

As for South America, we are due for a visit, whether it be the opening legs or the penultimate legs. I don’t see them going to Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay or Paraguay anytime soon. I don’t see them going to the north coast either (the most likely candidate would be Venezuela, but I doubt it). I think if South America is visited, we will need to keep an eye out on Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. All three countries have so much on offer and as they are close together I could see them doing some country hopping. As all of them have only been visited once, any of them are possible.

Europe

TAR21 had a very Europe centric route, so we wont be spending as much time there, possibly 2 or 3 legs.

Western Europe is unlikely as TAR21 hosted 2 legs there (France and Netherlands) however due to TAR’s Olympic trend, I could see them doing a leg somewhere in the United Kingdom, but that’s it.

Scandinavia would be way to cold, but that doesn’t stop them. Denmark was recently visited, along with Sweden. Norway and Finland are both possible but Finland is more likely. I doubt they’ll make it there though.

The Mediterranean countries hosted 2 legs in TAR21 (Turkey and Spain), and Italy was in TAR20, Greece and Cyprus are unlikely, so I would rule this region out.

Central Europe has hosted 7 legs in the past 7 seasons CMIIW. I don’t see them going there anytime soon.

Eastern Europe is definitely a top contender. Russia is highly unlikely. The Baltic States are very undervisited, and Latvia is definitely due to host leg, but I think they will save it for another season. The only other possibilities I can think of are Poland, Hungary and Slovakia. However Poland and Hungary were visited only once a long time ago and Slovakia has never been visited. I can’t see them visiting Slovakia but Poland and Hungary are very possible as they have been visited in recent foregin editions.

We should keep our eye out for Yugoslavia for this season, and if they go there, I’m sure it will be a new country. I’d put my money on Slovenia and Albania, as I think they’re the most stable.

Africa

Africa is so unpredictable. North Africa is due for a re-visit, but I don’t see them going there. West Africa will be saved for later. I’m thinking East Africa or Central Africa. A visit back to Victoria Falls would be amazing but I doubt it. In East Africa, I could see them going to Ethiopia for a re-visit, but pretty unlikely. For Central Africa, Uganda or Rwanda would be the best possibilities, however I’d go with Uganda. Though I wont be surprised if we don’t see Africa at all.

Middle East

Definitely coming soon, but more likely for TAR23.

Asia

Central Asia is tough. None of us were expecting Azerbaijan in TAR20 so I don’t know what to say. Out of the region I’d say Armenia and Uzbekistan, however I doubt they’ll go there at all. If they do go I’m sticking with Uzbekistan.

For South Asia, Bangladesh and India are in need of a rest. Lonely Planet named Sri Lanka the top destination to visit in 2013, plus the appearance of Natalie & Nadiya on TAR21 could also bring them there. Phil has claimed he would love to go to Nepal but I think Sri Lanka is more likely. However I wouldn’t be surprised if they give South Asia a break this season.

South East Asia needs a break, but that doesn’t stop WRP. We assumed Laos was our last minute cancellation leg in TAR19, but I think they’ll save it for TAR23. Philippines is the top contender here. It has not been visited for a very long time and after TAR Philippines and other foreign editions going there, we may see it!

No Japan. South Korea is unlikely but always remains a possibility. Definitely China. Even though Shanghai was visited in TAR21 they probably want to explore another region, much like the TAR18 China legs. They will probably spend 2 legs there, I would predict Chengdu as one.

Oceania

Australia is unlikely, there’s not much left to see. New Zealand is a huge possibility. Not only is Phil from NZ, but after the Christchurch earthquakes and the oil spill, they probably want to help NZ with some tourism advertising. Not to mention NZ is at its prime during this time of the year. Phil has also claimed he would love to see the Pacific, and as Australia and NZ have plenty of direct flights to the island nations, its very likely will we see one if the race does go to New Zealand. I would predict Vanuatu.

Starting/Final Destination

Maybe a chance we wont be departing from LAX? Hopefully. If Europe’s first, we may have an east coast start. If New Zealand is first we’ll probably leave from LA.

Having TAR 18, 19 and 21 starting in Oceania or Asia, I think this time, it will start Central or Southern America, or even Europe. About the TAR13 route made backwards, I don't think so. TAR is recently skipping a continent per season, and sometimes two, trying to make things cheaper; visiting all continents would be expensive with flights and such, and I am almost sure there are only 3/4 continents visited.

Visits to Spain could be amazing, since we've seen Barcelona, and will get to see Mallorca in a few weeks, but I think Spain is MUUUCH more than that (if you think about traditions in Spain, none of them are from Barcelona nor Mallorca, for example). I should also say that the Tomatina is made in a town near Valencia, and that could be a great Switchback task sometimes, but I also don't thi they will come back in, at least, five seasons or more. Hope to be wrong in that. I just expect to get online much often and try to catch anything to help this time. Wanna get spoiled.